From:
Sir John Herschel
To:
Francis Beaufort
Date:
[29 April 1850]
Source of text:
TxU:H/L-0759; Reel 1089
Summary:
Reimbursement from Navy for bills paid by JH to Georg Merz for 'Cape Equatorial.'
Contributor:
John Herschel Project
Reimbursement from Navy for bills paid by JH to Georg Merz for 'Cape Equatorial.'
Encloses note from accountant general of Navy about payment of Cape telescope. Send receipt to FB to complete transaction.
Please ask JH to send receipts to account for £316 spent on equatorial telescope from Munich.